There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Tonga by plane or train
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Fly Basel to Vava'U International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV)plane BSL - VAV
43h 42m$1,939–5,050Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane MXP - TBU
42h 21m$1,260–4,139Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane ZRH - TBU
33h 51m$1,570–5,147Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vava'U International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV)plane ZRH - VAV
43h 36m$1,775–4,662Fly Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane BSL - TBU
43h 33m$1,934–14,035Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane MUC - TBU
39h 3m$1,745–5,335
Basel (BSL) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tonga is to train and fly which costs $1,200 - $4,200 and takes 42h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tonga is to train and fly which takes 33h 51m and costs $1,500 - $5,500.
The distance between Basel and Tonga is 16801 km.
It takes approximately 43h 42m to get from Basel to Tonga, including transfers.
Tonga is 11h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:50 PM in Basel and 12:50 AM in Tonga.
There are 81+ hotels available in Tonga.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tonga?
British Airways, Fiji Airways, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV) once daily.
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via London Heathrow, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–17,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Narita, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–5,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–17,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Munich International Airport, Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–15,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–16,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Narita, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,500
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Munich International Airport, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–14,000
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via London Heathrow, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–14,000
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–14,000
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–14,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–10,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–5,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–13,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–13,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–11,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–14,000
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–13,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–11,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–14,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–3,900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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